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Budget comes with 4.6% pay raises for servicemembers

The 2023 defense budget the is part of the 2023 omnibus bill includes offsets to inflation costs and a pay raise for service members.

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Defense officials say a year-long continuing resolution would be ‘The Bad Place’

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Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Bills, amendments linger in Congress with lasting implications for feds

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FILE - The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, the Health Resources and Services Administration says it can no longer cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

You’re not the only one squinting to understand what’s happening on Capitol Hill

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Will agencies get a 2023 budget in December? Don’t hold your breath

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Federal contractors are already thinking about December 16, when the continuing resolution expires

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FILE - The U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, Aug. 12, 2022. The Democratic-led House passed a short-term spending bill on Friday that finances the federal government through mid-December and provides another infusion of military and economic aid to Ukraine as lawmakers acted to avert a partial government shutdown set to begin after midnight. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Congress steps off the government shutdown cliff. So now what?

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Biden signs continuing resolution into law averting government shutdown, FDA furloughs

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Contractors nervous as Congress hints at a government shutdown

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Continuing resolution hitting last-minute hurdles in Congress

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How inflation has hit federal contractors

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FILE - People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Soon we’ll know how long the Continuing Resolution will be

A government shutdown in three weeks is unlikely, but Congress still has to work out details of a continuing resolution. Then there’s the matter of that…

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Contractors are happy the vaccine mandate has mostly evaporated

Services contractors are wondering just what their options are now that the Biden administration has lost an appeal of a federal court ruling. The ruling…

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FILE - The sun shines on the dome of Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. A man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol early Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, and then began firing gunshots in the air before fatally shooting himself, police said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Congress cares about one thing now and its not 2023 appropriations

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Congress trucks back to Washington this week with only a few legislative days left before the end of the fiscal year.